Mike Sanford

Invercargill residents and busineses found themselves in the dark again today, with the fifth powercut in as little as eight weeks affecting parts of the inner-city. According to PowerNet Chief Executive Jason Franklin, a power outage at 7:54am on Wednesday, July 24, resulted in a loss of power in t

Follow Lyn as she renovates her run-down, broken and worn out kitchen. She transforms it into a space she can be proud of which is light, bright and airy with plenty of space. Call in and discuss your kitchen projects with the team at Mitre 10 Mega Invercargill today.

As part of a government industry agreement, dairy farmers are required to cover 30 percent of the estimated $880 million cost of eradicating the cattle disease, Mycoplasma bovis. In February Dairy NZ started consulting with its farmer members on a proposal how to pay its share of the M bovis respons

Have you seen John MacGregor? Police are searching for 72-year-old John MacGregor, who has been missing from his home in Edendale, Southland, since the early hours of 21 July. He was wearing a dressing gown and slippers and left in a blue Toyota Corona which was later located on Wyndham Road, south

The government is to establish a firearms register and make major changes to the licensing regime, in the second phase of gun law reforms. In the aftermath of the 15 March shootings, the goverment made certain weapons illegal and set up a buy back scheme. A second piece of legislation will now set u

The big upset after the 2016 local Invercargill City Council election was Cr Graham Sycamore on the election day just squeaked back on to the council table, but this was short lived after special votes were counted. Sycamore was out and Lindsay Abbot took the 12th chair at the council table.   Take

Applications for the Westpac Southland Business Excellence Awards (WSBEA) closed on Friday, 12 July 2019. “We are so thrilled to have a record number of businesses apply with 109 applications received over the 10 categories” Mrs Sheree Carey, CE Southland Chamber of Commerce said. The WSBEA is a sho

Third major power outage in 8 weeks. At approximately 10.34am, Friday 19 July we experienced temporary power outages at our Leven Street Substation, resulting in a temporary loss of Power supply in the Invercargill CBD and Bond and Mersey Streets. PowerNet employees were completing routine switching